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{{Short description|Dean of Chichester Cathedral, England}}
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The '''Dean of Chichester''' is the dean of [Chichester Cathedral](/source/Chichester_Cathedral) in Sussex, England.

[Bishop Ralph](/source/Ralph_de_Luffa) is credited with the foundation of the current cathedral after the original structure built by [Stigand](/source/Stigand) was largely destroyed by fire in 1114.<ref>Stephens. ''Memorials''. p. 47</ref> He did not confine his activities to rebuilding the cathedral, but provided for a more complete constitution of his chapter by also creating the offices of [dean](/source/Dean_(Christianity)), [precentor](/source/precentor), [chancellor](/source/Chancellor_(ecclesiastical)) and treasurer.<ref>Stephens. ''Memorials'' p. 49</ref> These four officials were to ensure the proper conduct of church services, the care of its building and the supervision of subordinates.<ref name="mem323">Stephens. ''Memorials'' p. 323</ref> Beneath them were the canons of the cathedral, about 26 in the medieval period.<ref name="hobbs13">Hobbs. ''Chichester Cathedral''. p. 13</ref> The dean was elected by the canons and had the power to act in administrative matters only with their consent.<ref name="hobbs13"/> He and his staff were subject to the bishop's authority.<ref name="mem323"/>
 
The dean headed the cathedral community and had jurisdiction over all the Chichester city parishes, with the exception of All&nbsp;Saints', which was under the administration of the [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury).<ref name="mem323"/> The four ancient posts of dean and canons still exist within the cathedral and their functions are similar to their ancient role, although somewhat diminished, as other church organisations have now taken over some of their powers.<ref>Hobbs. ''Chichester Cathedral''. p.292</ref>

==List==
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===High Medieval===
*1115 [Odo](/source/Odo_(Dean_of_Chichester))
*1115 [Richard](/source/Richard_(earlier_Dean_of_Chichester))
*1125 [Matthew](/source/Matthew_(Dean_of_Chichester))
*1144 [Richard](/source/Richard_(later_Dean_of_Chichester))
*1150 [John de Greneford](/source/John_of_Greenford) (afterward [Bishop of Chichester](/source/Bishop_of_Chichester), 1173)
*1176 [Jordan de Meleburn](/source/Jordan_de_Meleburn)
*1178 [Seffrid II](/source/Seffrid_II) (afterward [Bishop of Chichester](/source/Bishop_of_Chichester), 1180)
*1180 [Matthew de Chichester](/source/Matthew_de_Chichester)
*1190 [Nicholas de Aquila](/source/Nicholas_de_Aquila)
*1197 [Seffride](/source/Seffride)
*1210–1212 ''In the hands of the king''
*1220 [Simon de Perigord](/source/Simon_de_Perigord)<ref name=greenway5>Geenway. Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 5: pp. 6–10. Suggests that Perigord was installed as dean in 1218 and that he was replaced by Thomas de Lichfield in 1229. No mention of Walter (1230).</ref>
*1230 [Walter](/source/Walter_(Dean_of_Chichester))<ref name=greenway5 />
*1232 [Thomas de Lichfield](/source/Thomas_de_Lichfield)<ref name=greenway5 />
*1250 [Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_(Dean_of_Chichester))
*1256 [Walter de Glocestria](/source/Walter_de_Glocestria)
*1295 [Thomas de Berghstede](/source/Thomas_de_Berghstede)

===Late Medieval===
*?-1306 [William de Grenefeld](/source/William_Greenfield) (afterward [Archbishop of York](/source/Archbishop_of_York), 1306)<ref name=FEA>''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol7/pp4-6] Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 7, Chichester Diocese'' (London: 1964) pp. 4-6.</ref>
*1307-1308 [Raymond de Goth](/source/Raymond_de_Goth) or '''Raimundus de Got''', Cardinal Deacon of [Santa Maria Nova](/source/Santa_Francesca_Romana%2C_Rome)<ref name=FEA />
*1308-1316[John de St&nbsp;Leophardo](/source/John_de_St%26nbsp%3BLeophardo)<ref name=FEA />
*1318-1340 [Henry de Garland](/source/Henry_de_Garland)<ref name=FEA />
*?-1349 [Walter de Segrave](/source/Walter_de_Segrave)<ref name=FEA />
*1349-1362[William Lenn](/source/William_Lenn) (afterward [Bishop of Chichester](/source/Bishop_of_Chichester), 1362)
*1362-? Nicholas de Aston<ref name=FEA />
*?-1382 [Roger de Freton](/source/Roger_de_Freton)<ref name=FEA />
*1382–1386 [Richard le Scrope](/source/Richard_Scrope_(bishop)) (afterward [Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield](/source/Bishop_of_Coventry_and_Lichfield), 1386)
*1389–1390 [William de Lullyngton](/source/William_de_Lullyngton)<ref name=FEA />
*?-1396 Stephen Palosius (Cardinal priest of S. Marcellus)<ref name=FEA />
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*1396–1399 Christopher Marini (Cardinal priest of S. Cyriacus)<ref name=FEA /> 
*1397–1407 [John de Maydenhith](/source/John_de_Maydenhith) (B.C.L.)<ref name=FEA />
*1407–1412 [John Haseley](/source/John_Haseley)<ref name=FEA />
*?–1417 [Richard Talbot](/source/Richard_Talbot_(archbishop_of_Dublin)) (afterward [Bishop of Dublin](/source/Bishop_of_Dublin), 1417)<ref>Plea rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0169.htm; 4th entry, with London in the margin. the defendant is Richard Talbot, dean of Chichester & parson of Ringwood, Hants</ref><ref>http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no641/bCP40no641dorses/IMG_0871.htm (second entry from bottom, as defendant</ref>
*?–1424 [William Milton](/source/William_Milton_(priest))
*1425 [John Patten](/source/John_Patten_(priest)) ''or'' [John Waynflete](/source/John_Waynflete)
*1425-? [John Crutchere](/source/John_Crutchere)<ref name=FEA />
*1455-1478 [John Waynfleet](/source/John_Waynfleet)<ref name=FEA />
*1479-1501 [John Cloos](/source/John_Cloos)<ref name=FEA />
*1501-1503 [Robert Prychard](/source/Robert_Prychard)<ref name=FEA />
*1504-? [Geoffrey Symeon](/source/Geoffrey_Symeon)<ref name=FEA />
*1507-1510 [John Young](/source/John_Young_(suffragan_bishop_in_London))<ref name=FEA />
*1517-1518 [Thomas Larke](/source/Thomas_Larke)<ref name=FEA />
*1518-1541 [William Fleshmonger](/source/William_Fleshmonger)<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol7/pp4-6 ''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae'' 1300-1541 Volume 7. pp 4-5] entry for Fleshmonger cites:  "M. William Fleshmonger or Foster D.Cn.L. 1518-1541."</ref>

===Early modern===
*1541–1548 [Richard Caurden](/source/Richard_Caurden)
*1549–1551 [Giles Eyre](/source/Giles_Eyre_(priest))
*1551–1553 [Bartholomew Traheron](/source/Bartholomew_Traheron)
*1553 [Thomas Sampson](/source/Thomas_Sampson) (not installed)
*1553–1557 [William Pye](/source/William_Pye_(priest))
*1558–1566 [Hugh Turnbull](/source/Hugh_Turnbull_(priest))
*1566–1570 [Richard Curteys](/source/Richard_Curteys) (afterward [Bishop of Chichester](/source/Bishop_of_Chichester), 1571)
*1570–1577 [Anthony Rushe](/source/Anthony_Rushe)
*1577–1601 [Martin Culpepper](/source/Martin_Culpepper)
*1601–1630 [William Thorne](/source/William_Thorne_(orientalist))
*1630–1634 [Francis Dee](/source/Francis_Dee_(bishop)) (afterward [Bishop of Peterborough](/source/Bishop_of_Peterborough), 1634)
*1634–1635 [Richard Steward](/source/Richard_Steward)
*1642 [George Aglionby](/source/George_Aglionby) (nominal)
*1646–1660 [Bruno Ryves](/source/Bruno_Ryves) (afterward [Dean of Windsor](/source/Dean_of_Windsor), 1660)
*1660–1663 [Joseph Henshaw](/source/Joseph_Henshaw) (afterward [Bishop of Peterborough](/source/Bishop_of_Peterborough), 1663)
*1663–1669 [Joseph Gulston](/source/Joseph_Gulston_(chaplain))
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*1669–1671 [Nathaniel Crew](/source/Nathaniel_Crew%2C_3rd_Baron_Crew) (afterward [Bishop of Oxford](/source/Bishop_of_Oxford), 1671)
*1671–1672 [Lambrocus Thomas](/source/Lambrocus_Thomas)
*1672–1688 [George Stradling](/source/George_Stradling)
*1688–1699 [Francis Hawkins](/source/Francis_Hawkins_(priest))
*1699–1715 [William Hayley](/source/William_Hayley_(priest))
*1715–1727 [Thomas Sherlock](/source/Thomas_Sherlock) (afterward [Bishop of Bangor](/source/Bishop_of_Bangor), 1727)
*1727–1735 [John Newey](/source/John_Newey)
*1735–1739 [Thomas Hayley](/source/Thomas_Hayley_(priest))
*1739–1741 [James Hargraves](/source/James_Hargraves)
*1741–1754 [William Ashburnham](/source/Sir_William_Ashburnham%2C_4th_Baronet) (afterward [Bishop of Chichester](/source/Bishop_of_Chichester), 1754)
*1754–1770 [Thomas Ball](/source/Thomas_Ball_(Archdeacon_of_Chichester))
*1770–1790 [Charles Harward](/source/Charles_Harward) (afterward [Dean of Exeter](/source/Dean_of_Exeter), 1790)

===Late modern===
*1790 [Combe Miller](/source/Combe_Miller)
*1814–1824 [Christopher Bethell](/source/Christopher_Bethell)
*1824 [Samuel Slade](/source/Samuel_Slade)
*1830 [George Chandler](/source/George_Chandler_(priest))
*1859–1875 [Walter Hook](/source/Walter_Hook)
*1876 [John Burgon](/source/John_Burgon)
*1888 [Francis Pigou](/source/Francis_Pigou)<ref>Hennessy.Chichester Diocese. p.2. gives the year as 1887.  The year of his installation is given by ''Who Was Who'', as 1888 and ''[The Times](/source/The_Times)'', Thursday, 15 November 1888; p. 8; Issue 32544; col A. provides the actual date of induction as 14 November 1888.</ref> (afterward [Dean of Bristol](/source/Dean_of_Bristol), 1892)
*1892 [Richard Randall](/source/Richard_Randall_(priest)) 
*1902 [John Hannah](/source/John_Hannah_(Dean_of_Chichester))<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=27400 | date=24 January 1902 |page=513}}</ref>
*1929 [Arthur Duncan Jones](/source/Arthur_Duncan_Jones)
*1955 [Walter Hussey](/source/Walter_Hussey)
*1977 [Robert Holtby](/source/Robert_Holtby)
*1989 [John Treadgold](/source/John_Treadgold)
*2002–2014 [Nicholas Frayling](/source/Nicholas_Frayling)<ref>[http://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/dean-of-chichester-to-retire-in-2014.shtml Cathedral Website Announces retirement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221155926/http://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/dean-of-chichester-to-retire-in-2014.shtml |date=21 December 2016 }} Accessdate 14 April 2014</ref>
*2015–2023 [Stephen Waine](/source/Stephen_Waine)<ref>{{cite web|title=Next Dean of Chichester announced|url=https://churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2014/11/next-dean-of-chichester-announced.aspx|website=News|publisher=Church of England|access-date=19 November 2014|date=19 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=bishopsarum |number=1642209456627884033 |title=A happy day in the Piddle Valley... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502170015/https://twitter.com/bishopsarum/status/1642209456627884033|archive-date=May 2, 2023}}</ref>
*14 September 2024{{snd}}present: [Edward Dowler](/source/Edward_Dowler)<ref>{{cite web |website=Chicester Cathedral |title=Edward Dowler installed as Dean of Chichester |date=14 September 2024 |url=https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/very-reverend-dr-edward-dowler-installed-dean-chichester |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928214237/https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/very-reverend-dr-edward-dowler-installed-dean-chichester |archive-date=28 September 2024 |access-date=4 October 2024 }}</ref>
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==See also==
* [Bishop of Chichester](/source/Bishop_of_Chichester)
* [Archdeacon of Chichester](/source/Archdeacon_of_Chichester)

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{Cite web|author=Dean and Chapter|url=https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/about-us/our-team|publisher=Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral|title=Our team|year=2021|access-date=13 April 2022}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34294 |title=Deans |author=Diana E. Greenway |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1996 |work=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 5: Chichester |access-date=21 August 2012 }}
* {{cite book|last=Hennessy|first=George|year=1900|title=Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists: Clergy Succession from the earliest time to the year 1900|publisher=St&nbsp;Peters Press|location=London}}
* {{cite book|editor-first=Mary|editor-last=Hobbs|year=1994|title=Chichester Cathedral: An Historic Survey|publisher=Phillimore|isbn=0-85033-924-3|location=Chichester}}
* {{cite book|editor-last=Horn|editor-first=Joyce M|chapter=Deans|series=Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541|volume=7|title= Chichester Diocese|location=  London|publisher=Institute of Historical Research 4-6. British History Online. Web.|access-date= 2 April 2022|url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol7/pp4-6|year=1964}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36582#s2|title=Cathedral of Chichester |editor-last=Page|editor-first=William|publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1973 |work=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 2 |access-date=23 February 2012 }}
* {{cite book|last=Stephens|first=W.R.W|year=1876|title=Memorials of the See of Chichester and Cathedral Church of Chichester|publisher=Bentley|location=London|oclc=1737721}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com|title= Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn|publisher= Oxford University Press|date= Dec 2007|access-date=26 January 2011}} – Subscription required.

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